On-demand music services including Apple Music, Pandora and Spotify will top $8 billion in revenue in the U.S. this year, up 33% as increased adoption of products like wireless earbuds and smart speakers help drive more music subscriptions, according to a new Consumer Technology Association survey. The growing popularity of…
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TUE. BRIEF: TikTok Rules VidCon • US Streaming Subs Pass $26B • Branson Hearts Woodstock • Sillerman v. SEC • More
TUESDAY 7.16.19
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Badshah Breaks BTS YouTube Record Thanks To Google AdWords Reportedly Paid For By Sony Music
Indian rapper Badshah’s new music video ‘Paagal’ has broken the YouTube 24 hour debut record held by BTS with 75 million views, according to his label Sony Music. But the milestone appears to have come thanks, in large part, to a big Google AdWords spend from the label. Members to…
Attorney Chris Castle On PledgeMusic, How It Happened and What’s Next [Music Biz Weekly Podcast]
Attorney Chris Castle sits down with Micahel Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on the Music Biz Weekly Podcast to talk about Pledgemusic. Castle offers his insights into when the current debacle started, why it may have happened and what could happen next including bankruptcy and administration. There’s also advice about what…
Join This Online Music Hackathon To Win $5000 Grand Prize
Join this online music hackathon sponsored by Repl.it and judged by Tom Lehman, the CEO of Genius this week to win the $5000 grand prize. The rules are super simple: It’s open to any kind of submission, so long as it’s built on Repl.it and incorporates music in some way….
Taylor Swift Should Re-record Hits Lost To Scooter Braun, says Kelly Clarkson
Shake it off, Kelly Clarkson is telling Taylor Swift about her feud with Scooter Bruan and Scott Borchetta, by re-recording and releasing the hits that Braun now controls after acquiring her former record label, Big Machine. Swift called the sale her "worst case scenario;" and re-recording the hits would both…
Aerosmith’s First Touring Van Preserved And Returned By "American Pickers’
A van used by Aerosmith in its early touring years has been returned to the band by the “American Pickers” tv show, who discovered it in rural Massachusetts. The rediscovery of the van was a centerpiece of one of the episodes of the popular History Channel show last year, with…
ROXi Plots IPO For Music Streaming Service, Device
ROXi Music, the manufacturers of music streaming service and device ROXi has chosen investment bank Arden Partners to prepare its initial public offering in the fourth quarter of 2019. The offering will be floated on the alternative investment market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange. CEO Rob Lewis said going…
MON. BRIEF: YouTube Adds Revenue Options • Katy Perry Copyright Case • Roxi IPO • Revolt NYC • More
MONDAY 7.15.19
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FREE REPORT: Independent Artists In The Age of Empowerment [Mark Mulligan]
Digital music distributor Amuse and consultancy MIDiA have partnered to release Independent Artists: The Age of Empowerment, a free report that shows the growing power and potential of independent artists – artists how are growing a substantial career without the help of a record label. _____________________________________ By Mark Mulligan of…